Almost without any mental preparation, the original Kingdom of Jemelo in Anjie Province collapsed overnight. With less than 10,000 troops, it was simply not enough to deal with the overnight attack launched by the four divisions of the Sixth Army. , especially with the support of the local gentry and nobles, there is no suspense in this war.
With a sword to ask the heart, when the Sixth Army captured the entire Kingdom of Jemelo in one fell swoop, Sophia, who had been officially canonized as a noble concubine, also officially arrived at Yueyang Mansion, the capital of Wuhu County, to inspect Wuhu County. At the welcome banquet held for herself, Su Minshun made it clear that the Kingdom of Jemelo had always been a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and had been invaded by the Machi Khans for so many years. Now it was time to officially join the Tang Empire and become a member of the Tang Dynasty. She also He also called on the people of Ankun City to take action to overthrow the tyranny of barbarians like Machi Khan and return to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty. This speech immediately spread rapidly throughout the southern part of the empire as well as Ankun and Jemelo. Come.
This has been the practice of the Tang Empire. When Yue Jing was captured by the empire, the three princesses of Yue Jing also did the same, allowing Yue Jing to quickly integrate into the empire. Now, the former eldest princess of the Kingdom of Jemelo It has already become the bedfellow of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and it is true that the Kingdom of Jemelo cannot be an independent country. It is undoubtedly the best to be able to become a part of the Tang Dynasty in the most peaceful way.
The Sixth Army suddenly appeared on the ground in the southern part of Anjie Province and captured two cities in Gemelo in one fell swoop. This was a wake-up call that led the seven corps on the front line to fight bloody battles in Bixili and Sanlin City, where they were dispatching troops. Lei Juetian and logistics supplies were all confused. At this time, Bi Xili and Lei Jue realized the so-called feeling of affecting the whole body. When you are strong, all problems will be covered up under the light. When you are down, problems may occur almost anywhere. At this time, the Three Kingdoms Alliance to the east was already ready to move. The Nanyang Alliance in the south has officially rejected the Khanate's request to reopen trade and requires the Makkhi Khanate to pay transit duties on the remaining lands, otherwise the Nanyang Alliance will regard the Makkhi Khanate as a provocation.
A series of blows made Lei Juetian exhausted. The problem before him was still the Sixth Army of the Tang Army, which was actively stabilizing the situation in Jemelo and was planning to advance southeastward into the Khanate itself. Lei Juetian didn't know either. Where did this army come from? The Tang army in the south is already under the control of the intelligence department, so where did this army come from? The Tang army couldn't just conjure up an army, right? When it was confirmed that this army was the Sixth Army of the Tang Army, Lei Juetian, who was rarely angry, immediately dismissed the Minister of Intelligence. Such a huge mistake cannot be explained no matter what the reason is, but it does not help solve the real problem. . At the moment, Lei Juetian doesn't have many troops left to send. The Great Khan's offensive at Yuejing City is fierce, and the city of Harare in the north is also struggling to face the crazy attack by the two legions of the Tang Army. In the east, the Three Kingdoms Alliance troops are already remobilizing, and it seems that a second wave of attacks will be launched soon. , there are two regiments closely left there. Lei Juetian wondered how long the Khanate would be able to support once the Three Kingdoms Alliance really launched an offensive
Despair enveloped Lei Juetian's heart, and everyone pushed down the wall. When the situation reached this point, Lei Juetian realized how naive and childish the idea he had discussed with the Great Khan to break the deadlock from Yue Jing was. To defeat the Tang Dynasty with its already stretched troops, Liang Chongxin undoubtedly set up a tempting trap in Yuejing City, dragging nine elite regiments of the Khanate there alive. If the Khanate can be more conservative, although it cannot save the situation, it can at least delay the time longer. But now all this is in the past. It is too late to withdraw troops from Yuejing. The offensives launched by the Tang army on all sides have pushed the Khanate away. It has reached a desperate situation, and the country has become somewhat unstable due to various adverse situations and people's lives have been greatly affected. The domestic security agencies have successively uncovered several cases of conspiracy by nobles to overthrow themselves, and the nooses are getting tighter and tighter. tight. It made Lei Juetian feel like he couldn't breathe.
Now how to do? Lei Juetian looked around with some sadness. He had lived in this residence for more than twenty years. Although he was from the Tang Dynasty, he had achieved success in his career in the Maci Khanate, so that what he had learned could be put to use. Everything here is accompanying him step by step towards success, and also allowing him to step towards failure step by step. He has nothing to regret or feel regretful about. He just feels that he has failed Bixili Khan's expectations. , Lei Juetian thought that he had tried his best, and he had a clear conscience.
After sighing for a long time, Lei Juetian finally had to return his thoughts to the situation at hand. The Sixth Army of the Tang Army had already controlled the Jemelo area, and would soon be able to attack the northwest mainland of the Khanate along the southeast, and there was almost a flat plain. There is no obstacle or any military defense. Once a breakthrough is made from here, you can fight all the way to the gate of Sanlin City. Now that you have no troops to deal with this change, the only way is to let the main force of the Khanate under Yuejing City The army quickly returned eastward, but the sword of the Sixth Army of the Tang Army hit the vital point. Controlling Jemelo effectively blocked the way for the Khanate army to return eastward. If they wanted to return to the Khanate's homeland, they had to To retake the Jemelo area, this may be a trap carefully designed by that guy Liang Chongxin.
When the Sixth Army captured the Gemelo area in one fell swoop, the Second Army, which received the order, left behind Harare and went straight west to attack Ankun City. Only three days later, it was jointly attacked by the Second Army and the Sixth Army. The attacking city of Ankun was captured, and the twelfth army of Machi Khan was completely wiped out. At this time, the army of Machi Khan, who had received news from the country, had just had time to escape from Yuejing City and embark on its return journey. At this time, the second army was The Sixth Army and the Sixth Army have already built a thick barrier in Gemelo, and even the Eighth Army has deployed two divisions to join the battlefield, in order to firmly hold the Maci Khan army to the west of Anjie Province and east of Yuejing. in a narrow area.
At the same time, the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces finally exerted their strength again and launched a full-scale offensive in the eastern part of the Machi Khanate. The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces continuously attacked the city in the eastern part of the Machi Khanate. The Machi Khans, who only had two regiments of troops, faced The Three Kingdoms Allied forces, which were five times their size, performed extremely bravely, but they were outnumbered. This time, the Three Kingdoms Allies did not make any further pauses and advanced rapidly along the north and south banks of the Poro River, approaching Samlin City, the capital of the Macchi Khanate.
On May 18, 702 in the Continental Gregorian Calendar, Emperor Li Wufeng of the Tang Dynasty gave a speech entitled "The Last Battle against Machi Khan" in an interview with several major newspapers in the empire in the Zhongzhou Palace, and ordered the troops who had assembled in the Five Lakes area of the empire. The Empire's Thirteenth and Fifteenth Army went south to Babwei Grassland and Ankun to join in the final battle against Mach Khan. The Tiger Guard Army and the First Army joined forces to launch an offensive on the eastern front of Vietnam and Beijing, together with the Three Kingdoms Alliance. The army's more than 200,000 troops and more than one million troops launched a comprehensive siege from several directions against the already divided and surrounded army of Machi Khan.
On May 31, the First, Second, Sixth, Fifteenth, and Tiger Guard Corps of the Tang Dynasty, plus part of the Eighth Corps, launched an attack on Macchi in the narrow area between the east of Yuejing and the west of Anjie Province. The main force of the Khans launched the final battle. After more than a week of decisive battles, the Tang army faced the attack of the superior cavalry of the Machi Khan army and took full advantage of the three divisions of fire rifles newly equipped in the 15th Army. At the end of the day, the wildebeest heavy cavalry and zebra light cavalry that the Machikhans were proud of suffered a disaster. Nearly 100,000 cavalry were unable to cope with the steadily advancing Tang army. Finally, firearms began to appear on a large scale. In the first battle on the stage, he became a victim. On June 9, the Battle of Tianma, which was hailed as the "epoch-making battle" by later generations, ended. In addition to more than 30,000 of the Machi Khan's more than 200,000 troops were captured, the remaining more than 200,000 people died in Tianma. Original.
Military history books of later generations have given several detailed descriptions of this battle, especially the classic battle in which firecrackers and heavy infantry teamed up to challenge Machi Khan's wildebeest heavy cavalry and zebra light cavalry. The Tang army The steady siege using heavy infantry and transport vehicles, and the multi-level attack and killing campaign using gun soldiers hidden in the transport vehicles made the Machihan cavalry power hardly pose a big threat to the Tang army. In the entire battle, the Tang army suffered only less than 30,000 casualties, and most of these casualties were caused when the Machi Khans refused to surrender during the encirclement and suppression of the remaining enemies.
It was after this classic battle that the traditional heavy cavalry began to gradually withdraw from the stage of history. The use of movable vehicles and fences can effectively block heavy cavalry, and firecrackers can kill large numbers of heavy cavalry. This arm has reached its peak. At the end of the war, although the status of the light cavalry has also been weakened, the flexible speed and responsiveness of the light cavalry are still useful in war, especially after the short blunderbuss began to appear in the future, the light cavalry's saber and short blunderbuss The combined equipment greatly extended the historical mission of the light cavalry.
The excellent effect of concealing firecrackers in heavy transport vehicles against heavy cavalry was quickly reported to the Privy Council after the war. The Privy Council also began to consider whether the Hongtian Lei could be pulled by livestock in transport vehicles, which would be a disguised form. Having mobile heavy attack weapons will also play a transformative role in future field battles and siege warfare.